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50 Years of Text Games - book recommendation
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I've also read this--recommend!
This looks awesome, can't wait to check it out!
In a similar vein, though more about video-games themselves, I can also recommend Dungeon Hacks: How NetHack, Angband, and Other Rougelikes Changed the Course of Video Games by David L. Craddock. (For those who are interested in DungeonCrawlers and their origins)
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